Poole is joined on the island by some of his old university friends who are there for a reunion. The party is brought to an abrupt halt when Poole himself is somehow brutally murdered with an ice pick in full view of the group . The death of Poole leads to the arrival of Detective Inspector Humphrey Goodman (Kris Marshall), to help the team solve the murder. With his own set of methods, Goodman has to adjust to his new environment and solve the clues left by Poole to his own murder.